I want to use calligraphic style for my lower case letters in math mode in latex.
Searching throughout the internet, I have found two hinting solutions
- Using boondox/dutchcal/mathalfa, or
- Using frcursive.
However, I am getting errors on using each of the above solutions on MiKTeX 2.9 on windows.
What I am using for option 1. is the following:
\usepackage{mathalfa}
...
\mathbcal{c}
But it gives the error
Package mathalfa Error: There is no bold variant of the calligraphic
font. ... = \left(\mathcal{A},\mathcal{B},\mathbcal{c}
Using option 2. as follows:
\usepackage{frcursive}
\newenvironment{frcseries}{\fontfamily{frc}\selectfont}{}
\newcommand{\textfrc}[1]{{\frcseries#1}}
\newcommand{\mathfrc}[1]{\text{\textfrc{#1}}}
...
\mathfrc{c}
gives the error
Font OT1/frc/m/it/12=frcsl12 at 12.0pt not loadable:
Metric (TFM) file not found. ... \left(\mathcal{A},\mathcal{B},\mathfrc{c}
But if I use dutchcal for option 1. as
\usepackage{dutchcal}
...
\mathbcal{c}
I am getting the lowercase fonts which is too slanted to use.
Is there any easy way to get calligraphic lowercase letters in math mode?
Best Answer
The
\mathbcal
command is defined bymathalfa
to choose the bold version, if available, but you don't need to use it: just\mathcal
is sufficient:On the other hand, this is hardly what you really need. For such a case you should use a text font, not a math font.
Note the difference in spacing.